To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.

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To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.

-- Maya Angelou

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This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen it before.

-- Maya Angelou

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.

-- Maya Angelou

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My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God – I thank God every time I think of it – I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

-- Maya Angelou

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. –

-- Maya Angelou

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

-- Maya Angelou

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